Splash of summer

Summer officially arrives when the daredevil water skiers of Badgerland Water Ski Show Team perform their first strap double in the Fox River. And that day is Monday, Memorial Day, at 7 p.m. The team ranked fifth in the state last year and has been performing in many sites in Waukesha's lake country since 1983. This year it will perform Wednesday nights on the Fox River, adjacent to Frame Park in Waukesha, and monthly on Thursdays on Fowler Lake in Oconomowoc. The shows start at 7 p.m., moving to 6:30 p.m. Aug. 14 through Labor Day. They are free, but donations are welcome. | May 26, 2013»Read Full Article

Like the Marx Brothers' early vaudeville show, Next Act Theatre's"Groucho: A Life in Revue" is a "skule" act. It gently and congenially educates the audience about one of America's great comedians, Groucho Marx, whose remarkable career included Broadway, movie and TV hits built around his wisecracking persona.

After a brief opening sequence, this revue, written by Groucho's son Arthur and Robert Fisher, unfolds chronologically. It's sentimental in spots, but heck, you might be sentimental, too, if you were writing a show about your father and uncles. It's not warts and all, but it does acknowledge Groucho's regrets about three marriages that ended in divorce. | Nov. 16, 2013»Read Full Article